Robert Ruark

We come to know characters in books far better than we can people in our own lives because characters are immutable, crystalline in their structured captivity. I stole that thought from Milan Kundera – there is likely something similar in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. My mother sent me a book my father had wantedContinue reading “Robert Ruark”

Social Inequities

Intellectual dishonesty has always offended me – at best it is fraud (ahem, Foucault) and at its worse hypocrisy (religion). Adin is taking “Social Inequalities” classified as a sociology class by the University of Oregon. It offers nothing substantive nor provides intellectual rigor. But he knew that before he signed up and did so preciselyContinue reading “Social Inequities”